Why the study?
Does the presence of medical co-morbidities increase the likelihood of antidepressant prescription in adult outpatients with depression?
Population
214,797 active adult outpatients with depression, comprising 185,029 with an active diagnosis and 29,768…
Comparison
Presence of medical co-morbidities vs Absence of medical co-morbidities
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Comorbid cardiometabolic disease may modestly raise antidepressant prescribing in incident depression; cross-sectional data leave causality and practice implications open.
Does the presence of medical co-morbidities increase the likelihood of antidepressant prescription in adult outpatients with depression?
Antidepressant medication use is slightly higher in depressed patients with incident medical co-morbidities such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, though overall differences are small.
Gill et al. (2008) studied this question.
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